Commerce Says Steel Wire From Mexico Was Dumped In US

Law360, New York (December 11, 2013, 7:44 PM EST) -- The U.S. Department of Commerce has determined that a manufacturer in Mexico sold its high-carbon steel wire used in rail ties at less than fair value in the U.S., increasing the likelihood that anti-dumping duties could be imposed on the product.

According to a notice to be published Thursday in the Federal Register, the agency's preliminary conclusion that the imports were sold at unfairly low prices followed a finding by the U.S. International Trade Commission that the foreign-made wire — used as prestressed tendons to reinforce...